News from Lake Winona

Great Food & Community at Aug Annual Summer Social
The Lake Association’s Annual Summer Social & Potluck, held on Saturday, August 9, was earmarked by perfect summer weather. Thirty-five lake owners and their families attended the event, bringing with them delicious breakfast items to share. A big thank you to The Anchor Club for offering their lawn and beautiful views for our event, Eric Foster for donating tables and chairs, and to Nora Foster for managing the event. The business meeting kicked off shortly after 10 AM and adjourned…

Get Rid of Unwanted Chemicals: Upcoming Hazardous Waste Days
The Lakes Region Planning Commission has two upcoming hazardous waste collection days for all community residents and tax payers in the Lakes Region. You may bring may bring 10 gal. or 50 lbs. of Household Hazardous Waste. Here is a flyer with all the details. Thursday, August 28th Bristol Transfer Station100 Ayers Island Road, Bristol, NHTime: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Saturday, September 20th Laconia Public Works27 Bisson Avenue, Laconia, NHTime: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM ACCEPTED ITEMS:The items below…

LWIA Summer Social & Potluck to be Held Saturday, Aug 9
Attendees last year voted to continue the Brunch get-together. Join us Saturday, August 9, on the lawn next to the Anchor Lodge (end of Anchorage Rd). All Lake Winona owners are invited. This is a great opportunity to see longtime neighbors and meet newcomers to Winona. We hope you will join us. Event starts at 9 AM. We will eat at 9:30, followed by a business meeting at 10 AM. We will wrap up by 11:30 AM. Bring friends and…

Is Our Lake Winona Newsletter Not Reaching You? Here’s What You Need to Know
The Lake Winona Improvement Association (LWIA) depends on our e-newsletters to keep property owners informed about lake updates, water quality reports, meeting notices, and important community initiatives. But we’ve recently discovered an alarming issue: our emails are only reaching about 50% of property owners. That means half of our community may be missing out on critical information. Why is this happening? Over the past two year, major email providers like Gmail and Outlook, and local hosts like MetroCast have tightened…

June 21 Owner Meeting to Be Held Virtually
The lake association’s annual June meeting will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 9:00am via Zoom. The link for the meeting will be emailed the week before. Note: Members continue to have issues receiving our emails. Please ensure you add news [at] lakewinonanh.org to your safe sender list. The meeting agenda is as follows (subject to change): Hope you can join us!

Community Forum on Cyanobacteria to be Hosted June 18
Learn about cyanobacteria and how to protect our lakes at a community forum on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM at the Meredith Community Center. This event is organized by the Meredith Cyanobacteria Committee, with support from the Waukewan Watershed Advisory Committee (WWAC), Windy Waters Conservancy, Meredith Neck Islands Alliance, Winnisquam Watershed Association, and the Lake Winnipesaukee Alliance. Please complete this form to RSVP for the event. The evening will feature a presentation by Laura Diemer…

Beautiful Weather for Annual Summer Social
The threat of foul weather passed, allowing twenty-eight lake owners to enjoy a fantastic day for our Lake Association Annual Summer Social & Breakfast Potluck on Saturday, August 10 at 9 AM. A big thank you to the Anchor Club for offering their lawn and beautiful views for our event and to Eric & Nora Foster for planning and setting up the event. The business meeting kicked off at 10:30 AM with a short agenda, concluding at 11:15 AM. Meeting…

LWIA Summer Social & Potluck to be Held Saturday, Aug 10
We will host our annual Summer Social & Potluck on Saturday, August 10. This will be a breakfast potluck format starting at 9 AM. Our business meeting will be at 10:30 AM. All Lake Winona owners are invited. This is a great opportunity to see longtime neighbors and meet newcomers to Winona. We hope you will join us. Bring friends and family…as well as a breakfast dish to share. LWIA will supply coffee, tea, water, orange juice, half-n-half, non-dairy creamer,…

June 22 Meeting to Be Held Virtually
The June meeting will be held on Saturday, June 22 at 9:00am on Zoom. The link for the meeting will be emailed the week before. The meeting agenda is as follows (additional items may be added): President’s Welcome (Bill Kobertz, LWIA President) Secretary’s Report (Linda Barnes, LWIA Secretary) Treasurer’s Report (Jay Buckley, LWIA Treasurer) Appropriations Approval (Jay Buckley) Election of Officers for 2024-2026 Term & Current Committee Vacancies (Nora Foster, LWIA VP) Lake Host Program (Nora Foster) August 10 Meeting/Potluck…

Great Turnout for Aug Annual Summer Social
The Lake Association’s Annual Summer Social & Potluck, held on Saturday, August 19, was blessed with a cool, clear day. Thirty-five lake owners and their families attended the event, bringing with them delicious breakfast items to share. A big thank you to The Anchor Club for offering their lawn and beautiful views for our event, Eric Foster for donating tables and chairs, and to Nora Foster for managing the event. The business meeting kicked off shortly after 10 AM and…

August 3, 2023 – Cyanobacteria Warning Lifted on Lake Winona
We took a sample down today and the warning/advisory has been lifted. The text from the NHDES reads: The cyanobacteria WARNING (ADVISORY) that was issued on 3 August 2023 has been REMOVED for Winona Lake, New Hampton / Center Harbor as of today 3 August 2023. The sample reviewed from today had a low density of 5,500 cells/mL of Dolichospermum. While the bloom accumulation has dissipated, NHDES advises that lake-goers look out for green surface accumulations in the future. Please…

July 27, 2023 – Cyanobacteria Warning Posted to Lake Winona
On Thursday, July 27, a possible cyanobacteria bloom appeared on the shoreline. A sample was collected and taken to NHDES in Concord. Based on a positive result, we received the following from NHDES: A cyanobacteria WARNING (ADVISORY) has been issued for Winona Lake, New Hampton / Center Harbor. The bloom was first reported today 27 July, appearing as green clouds of material along shorelines. See the image attached, taken 27 July. Samples collected and reviewed on 27 July had cyanobacteria…

LWIA Summer Social & Potluck to be Held Saturday, Aug 19
We’re changing up our annual Summer Social & Potluck by hosting breakfast. Lake Winona owners are invited. This is a great opportunity to see longtime neighbors and meet newcomers to Winona. We hope you will join us. Breakfast starts at 9 AM, business meeting at 10 AM. We hope to wrap up by 11:30 AM. Bring friends and family…as well as a breakfast dish to share. LWIA will supply bagels and toppings, coffee, tea, half-n-half, non-dairy creamer, water, plates and…

June 2023 Meeting Updates
The LWIA June meeting was held on June 24th via zoom, you can review the summary and full minutes on the Meeting Minutes page. We have 2 loon chicks this year and they are doing fine so far. The water quality reports for the end of last year as well as June of this year are available on the Water Quality over time page. We are planning our August in person LWIA meeting on August 19th at 9 am at…

August 2022 Water Testing Results
We received the water testing results back from the NHDES for our 8/16/22 testing. Due to some DES internal tech issues they were unable to provide results for e.Coli and Phosphorus. In general we’re in about the same place as previous years, though conductivity has an ongoing increased trend. We’re awaiting the full write up from the NHDES and we’ll post that when available. The August specific results are available here and the long term graph with these results are…